Police sources said later that some sporadic skirmishes between football fans – both English and Russian – had taken place in the city center.

“We are following the situation and we’ll have more data, however, we are not able to update public every five minutes. The police are constantly stepping in because Russian and English fans are engaging in brawls every now and then,” a source told TASS.

Police also tried to push away a large group of fans congregated at the train station and in an area in front of two nearby bars, who were chanting songs and slogans while burning flares, RIA Novosti reported.

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The scuffles come a day before the match between England and Wales, which will take place in the nearby city of Lens.

The clashes came following the match between Russia and Slovakia, during which a flare was lit in the Russian sector.

Earlier in the week, UEFA issued a suspended sentence threatening to disqualify the Russian team from the championship for scuffles with the English fans in the stadium in Marseille.

UEFA is to decide whether to launch a criminal case against the Russian Football Union for the use of flares at around noon on Thursday, a source close to the situation told TASS.